I agree that it seems to go overboard on the cropping, but it has to cope with portrait and landscape as well as the 5 home screens.
But that doesn't explain why it it works so much better if you set as wallpaper from the browser. Did you try that method?

I was also surprised that there wasn't more interest in the A200 forum, but maybe that's because users aren't having any problems (unlikely), they are finding answers elsewhere (more likely as the A200 is similar to the A500) and/or it hasn't yet been released in the US.

AFAIK it's released tomorrow in the US, so I expect things will pick up a bit after that
(I'm not having a dig at people in the US, it's just a bigger market)

There's a Tegra 3 Acer tablet on the way (A700).
The laggy typing is a bitch. Sometimes I switch over to my netbook when I get frustrated with the tablet. I'm hoping Ice Cream Sandwich OS update will fix that in a few weeks.

I don't know why Acer held off releasing the A200 in the US, but maybe they didn't want to upset their wholesale buyers and gave them a chance to run out stocks of the A500 first. But then, I don't know why the UK and other markets didn't get the same deal.
I bought my A200 last year, I've already got an A500 but couldn't pass up the deal for $299 with the $49 cashback.

I just plugged in a USB keyboard ($9 from officeworks) to see if it's still laggy. It's way better than the virtual keyboard, so it's just the google keyboard that is the problem. Sort of defeats the point of a tablet though, but it's easier than booting up (or carrying around) the laptop.

I might try out other virtual keyboards to see if they are any better, but you'd think they would have fixed this problem by now.

The USB port is one of the really great features of the Acer tabs. I originally planned to get a Samsung but now I'm really glad that Apple blocked it here

Good to see some fellow A200 owners. I read that the ICS update should be released mid February, can't hardly wait.

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And good to finally see some US owners. Maybe now that you guys are on board, Gameloft will make their games available for A200.
I installed a couple of games that "aren't available for A200" via my A500.

Hey everyone one. Just wanted to chime in. Got my tab yesterday. Still getting use to it. My first one. Microcenter had it for 299. Loving it so far. Just have to have some time to Play with it. Well just wanted to say hi. Hoping all you pros out there will be able to teach me a thing or two about it. So far yall are off to a good start seeing how I needed help opening the stinking sd card slot. Lol

Hi there
just a note to say, I got mine today and so far it is doing everything I need it to do.
it will be fun to see the upgrade
that door on the sd slot, if you push on the inside edge so that it bends in the middle,then
lift the pivot end with a finger nail of eqiv. it will move out of the way. least works for me.
the next issue will be to find a car charger
have fun be well may the droid be with you

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